Surah Ad-Dukhan in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

حمٓ

Transliteration hha-meem

English Ḥā, Meem.

1. حمٓhha-meemHa Meem

وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

Transliteration wal-kitābi l-mubīni

English By the clear Book,

1. وَٱلْكِتَـٰبِwal-kitābiBy the Book
2. ٱلْمُبِينِl-mubīnithe clear

إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ فِى لَيْلَةٍ مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُنذِرِينَ

Transliteration innā anzalnāhu fī laylatin mubārakatin innā kunnā mundhirīna

English Indeed, We sent it down during a blessed night. Indeed, We were to warn [mankind].

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَنزَلْنَـٰهُanzalnāhurevealed it
3. فِىfīin
4. لَيْلَةٍۢlaylatina Night
5. مُّبَـٰرَكَةٍ ۚmubārakatinBlessed
6. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
7. كُنَّاkunnā[We] are
8. مُنذِرِينَmundhirīna(ever) warning

فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

Transliteration fīhā yuf'raqu kullu amrin ḥakīmin

English Therein [i.e., on that night] is made distinct every precise matter -

1. فِيهَاfīhāTherein
2. يُفْرَقُyuf'raquis made distinct
3. كُلُّkulluevery
4. أَمْرٍamrinaffair
5. حَكِيمٍḥakīminwise

أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ ۚ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

Transliteration amran min ʿindinā innā kunnā mur'silīna

English [Every] matter [proceeding] from Us. Indeed, We were to send [a messenger]

1. أَمْرًۭاamranA command
2. مِّنْminfrom
3. عِندِنَآ ۚʿindināUs
4. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
5. كُنَّاkunnā[We] are
6. مُرْسِلِينَmur'silīna(ever) sending

رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

Transliteration raḥmatan min rabbika innahu huwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

English As mercy from your Lord. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Knowing,

1. رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatanAs Mercy
2. مِّنminfrom
3. رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbikayour Lord
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
5. هُوَhuwa[He]
6. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearer
7. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knower

رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

Transliteration rabbi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā in kuntum mūqinīna

English Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

1. رَبِّrabbiLord
2. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
4. وَمَاwamāand whatever
5. بَيْنَهُمَآ ۖbaynahumā(is) between both of them
6. إِنinif
7. كُنتُمkuntumyou are
8. مُّوقِنِينَmūqinīnacertain

لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ ۖ رَبُّكُمْ وَرَبُّ ءَابَآئِكُمُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Transliteration lā ilāha illā huwa yuḥ'yī wayumītu rabbukum warabbu ābāikumu l-awalīna

English There is no deity except Him; He gives life and causes death. [He is] your Lord and the Lord of your first forefathers.

1. لَآlā(There is) no
2. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
3. إِلَّاillāexcept
4. هُوَhuwaHim
5. يُحْىِۦyuḥ'yīHe gives life
6. وَيُمِيتُ ۖwayumītuand causes death
7. رَبُّكُمْrabbukumyour Lord
8. وَرَبُّwarabbuand (the) Lord
9. ءَابَآئِكُمُābāikumu(of) your fathers
10. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīnathe former

بَلْ هُمْ فِى شَكٍّ يَلْعَبُونَ

Transliteration bal hum fī shakkin yalʿabūna

English But they are in doubt, amusing themselves.

1. بَلْbalNay
2. هُمْhumthey
3. فِىfī(are) in
4. شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
5. يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūnaplaying

فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration fa-ir'taqib yawma tatī l-samāu bidukhānin mubīnin

English Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke

1. فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibThen watch
2. يَوْمَyawma(for the) Day
3. تَأْتِىtatī(when) will bring
4. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe sky
5. بِدُخَانٍۢbidukhāninsmoke
6. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninvisible

يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ ۖ هَـٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration yaghshā l-nāsa hādhā ʿadhābun alīmun

English Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

1. يَغْشَىyaghshāEnveloping
2. ٱلنَّاسَ ۖl-nāsathe people
3. هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
4. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(will be) a punishment
5. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

Transliteration rabbanā ik'shif ʿannā l-ʿadhāba innā mu'minūna

English [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

1. رَّبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
2. ٱكْشِفْik'shifRemove
3. عَنَّاʿannāfrom us
4. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
5. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
6. مُؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(are) believers

أَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ وَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration annā lahumu l-dhik'rā waqad jāahum rasūlun mubīnun

English How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

1. أَنَّىٰannāHow can
2. لَهُمُlahumu(there be) for them
3. ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe reminder
4. وَقَدْwaqadwhen verily
5. جَآءَهُمْjāahumhad come to them
6. رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
7. مُّبِينٌۭmubīnunclear

ثُمَّ تَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا۟ مُعَلَّمٌ مَّجْنُونٌ

Transliteration thumma tawallaw ʿanhu waqālū muʿallamun majnūnun

English Then they turned away from him and said, "[He was] taught [and is] a madman."

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away
3. عَنْهُʿanhufrom him
4. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand said
5. مُعَلَّمٌۭmuʿallamunOne taught
6. مَّجْنُونٌmajnūnuna mad man

إِنَّا كَاشِفُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابِ قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّكُمْ عَآئِدُونَ

Transliteration innā kāshifū l-ʿadhābi qalīlan innakum ʿāidūna

English Indeed, We will remove the torment for a little. Indeed, you [disbelievers] will return [to disbelief].

1. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
2. كَاشِفُوا۟kāshifū(will) remove
3. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
4. قَلِيلًا ۚqalīlana little
5. إِنَّكُمْinnakumindeed, you
6. عَآئِدُونَʿāidūna(will) return

يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ ٱلْبَطْشَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓ إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

Transliteration yawma nabṭishu l-baṭshata l-kub'rā innā muntaqimūna

English The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. نَبْطِشُnabṭishuWe will seize
3. ٱلْبَطْشَةَl-baṭshata(with) the seizure
4. ٱلْكُبْرَىٰٓl-kub'rāthe greatest
5. إِنَّاinnāindeed, We
6. مُنتَقِمُونَmuntaqimūna(will) take retribution

۞ وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ

Transliteration walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

English And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

1. ۞ وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. فَتَنَّاfatannāWe tried
3. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
4. قَوْمَqawma(the) people
5. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
6. وَجَآءَهُمْwajāahumand came to them
7. رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
8. كَرِيمٌkarīmunnoble

أَنْ أَدُّوٓا۟ إِلَىَّ عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ

Transliteration an addū ilayya ʿibāda l-lahi innī lakum rasūlun amīnun

English [Saying], "Render to me the servants of Allāh. Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger,"

1. أَنْanThat
2. أَدُّوٓا۟addūDeliver
3. إِلَىَّilayyato me
4. عِبَادَʿibāda(the) servants
5. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
6. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
7. لَكُمْlakumto you
8. رَسُولٌrasūluna Messenger
9. أَمِينٌۭamīnuntrustworthy

وَأَن لَّا تَعْلُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنِّىٓ ءَاتِيكُم بِسُلْطَـٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

Transliteration wa-an lā taʿlū ʿalā l-lahi innī ātīkum bisul'ṭānin mubīnin

English And [saying], "Be not haughty with Allāh. Indeed, I have come to you with clear evidence.

1. وَأَنwa-anAnd that
2. لَّاlā(do) not
3. تَعْلُوا۟taʿlūexalt yourselves
4. عَلَىʿalāagainst
5. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
6. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
7. ءَاتِيكُمātīkum[I] have come to you
8. بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭāninwith an authority
9. مُّبِينٍۢmubīninclear

وَإِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُمْ أَن تَرْجُمُونِ

Transliteration wa-innī ʿudh'tu birabbī warabbikum an tarjumūni

English And indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord, lest you stone me.

1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
2. عُذْتُʿudh'tu[I] seek refuge
3. بِرَبِّىbirabbīwith my Lord
4. وَرَبِّكُمْwarabbikumand your Lord
5. أَنanlest
6. تَرْجُمُونِtarjumūniyou stone me

وَإِن لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا۟ لِى فَٱعْتَزِلُونِ

Transliteration wa-in lam tu'minū lī fa-iʿ'tazilūni

English But if you do not believe me, then leave me alone."

1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
2. لَّمْlamnot
3. تُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minūyou believe
4. لِىlīme
5. فَٱعْتَزِلُونِfa-iʿ'tazilūnithen leave me alone

فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمٌ مُّجْرِمُونَ

Transliteration fadaʿā rabbahu anna hāulāi qawmun muj'rimūna

English And [finally] he called to his Lord that these were a criminal people.

1. فَدَعَاfadaʿāSo he called
2. رَبَّهُۥٓrabbahuhis Lord
3. أَنَّannaThat
4. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
5. قَوْمٌۭqawmun(are) a people
6. مُّجْرِمُونَmuj'rimūnacriminals

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Transliteration fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

English [Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.

1. فَأَسْرِfa-asriThen "Set out
2. بِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīwith My slaves
3. لَيْلًاlaylan(by) night
4. إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
5. مُّتَّبَعُونَmuttabaʿūna(will be) followed

وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا ۖ إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

Transliteration wa-ut'ruki l-baḥra rahwan innahum jundun mugh'raqūna

English And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

1. وَٱتْرُكِwa-ut'rukiAnd leave
2. ٱلْبَحْرَl-baḥrathe sea
3. رَهْوًا ۖrahwanat rest
4. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
5. جُندٌۭjundun(are) an army
6. مُّغْرَقُونَmugh'raqūna(to be) drowned

كَمْ تَرَكُوا۟ مِن جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Transliteration kam tarakū min jannātin waʿuyūnin

English How much they left behind of gardens and springs

1. كَمْkamHow many
2. تَرَكُوا۟tarakū(did) they leave
3. مِنminof
4. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
5. وَعُيُونٍۢwaʿuyūninand springs

وَزُرُوعٍ وَمَقَامٍ كَرِيمٍ

Transliteration wazurūʿin wamaqāmin karīmin

English And crops and noble sites

1. وَزُرُوعٍۢwazurūʿinAnd cornfields
2. وَمَقَامٍۢwamaqāminand places
3. كَرِيمٍۢkarīminnoble

وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَـٰكِهِينَ

Transliteration wanaʿmatin kānū fīhā fākihīna

English And comfort wherein they were amused.

1. وَنَعْمَةٍۢwanaʿmatinAnd pleasant things
2. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. فَـٰكِهِينَfākihīnatake delight

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

Transliteration kadhālika wa-awrathnāhā qawman ākharīna

English Thus. And We caused to inherit it another people.

1. كَذَٰلِكَ ۖkadhālikaThus
2. وَأَوْرَثْنَـٰهَاwa-awrathnāhāAnd We made it (an) inherit(ance)
3. قَوْمًاqawman(for) a people
4. ءَاخَرِينَākharīnaanother

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

Transliteration famā bakat ʿalayhimu l-samāu wal-arḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna

English And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

1. فَمَاfamāAnd not
2. بَكَتْbakatwept
3. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
4. ٱلسَّمَآءُl-samāuthe heaven
5. وَٱلْأَرْضُwal-arḍuand the earth
6. وَمَاwamāand not
7. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
8. مُنظَرِينَmunẓarīnagiven respite

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْمُهِينِ

Transliteration walaqad najjaynā banī is'rāīla mina l-ʿadhābi l-muhīni

English And We certainly saved the Children of Israel from the humiliating torment -

1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
2. نَجَّيْنَاnajjaynāWe saved
3. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children of Israel
4. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(the) Children of Israel
5. مِنَminafrom
6. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
7. ٱلْمُهِينِl-muhīnithe humiliating

مِن فِرْعَوْنَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَالِيًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Transliteration min fir'ʿawna innahu kāna ʿāliyan mina l-mus'rifīna

English From Pharaoh. Indeed, he was a haughty one among the transgressors.

1. مِنminFrom
2. فِرْعَوْنَ ۚfir'ʿawnaFiraun
3. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
4. كَانَkānawas
5. عَالِيًۭاʿāliyanarrogant
6. مِّنَminaamong
7. ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe transgressors

وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

Transliteration walaqadi ikh'tarnāhum ʿalā ʿil'min ʿalā l-ʿālamīna

English And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

1. وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd certainly
2. ٱخْتَرْنَـٰهُمْikh'tarnāhumWe chose them
3. عَلَىٰʿalāby
4. عِلْمٍʿil'minknowledge
5. عَلَىʿalāover
6. ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَl-ʿālamīnathe worlds

وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِ مَا فِيهِ بَلَـٰٓؤٌا۟ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration waātaynāhum mina l-āyāti mā fīhi balāon mubīnun

English And We gave them of signs that in which there was a clear trial.

1. وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمwaātaynāhumAnd We gave them
2. مِّنَminaof
3. ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
4. مَاmāthat
5. فِيهِfīhiin it
6. بَلَـٰٓؤٌۭا۟balāon(was) a trial
7. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

إِنَّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ لَيَقُولُونَ

Transliteration inna hāulāi layaqūlūna

English Indeed, these [disbelievers] are saying,

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
3. لَيَقُولُونَlayaqūlūnasurely, they say

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُنشَرِينَ

Transliteration in hiya illā mawtatunā l-ūlā wamā naḥnu bimunsharīna

English "There is not but our first death, and we will not be resurrected.

1. إِنْinNot
2. هِىَhiyait
3. إِلَّاillā(is) but
4. مَوْتَتُنَاmawtatunāour death
5. ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlāthe first
6. وَمَاwamāand not
7. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
8. بِمُنشَرِينَbimunsharīna(will be) raised again

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Transliteration fatū biābāinā in kuntum ṣādiqīna

English Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

1. فَأْتُوا۟fatūThen bring
2. بِـَٔابَآئِنَآbiābāināour forefathers
3. إِنinif
4. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
5. صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

Transliteration ahum khayrun am qawmu tubbaʿin wa-alladhīna min qablihim ahlaknāhum innahum kānū muj'rimīna

English Are they better or the people of Tubbaʿ and those before them? We destroyed them, [for] indeed, they were criminals.

1. أَهُمْahumAre they
2. خَيْرٌkhayrunbetter
3. أَمْamor
4. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
5. تُبَّعٍۢtubbaʿin(of) Tubba
6. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
7. مِنminbefore them
8. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
9. أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ ۖahlaknāhumWe destroyed them
10. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
11. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
12. مُجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminals

وَمَا خَلَقْنَا ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَـٰعِبِينَ

Transliteration wamā khalaqnā l-samāwāti wal-arḍa wamā baynahumā lāʿibīna

English And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play.

1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
2. خَلَقْنَاkhalaqnāWe created
3. ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
4. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
5. وَمَاwamāand whatever
6. بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(is) between them
7. لَـٰعِبِينَlāʿibīna(in) play

مَا خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration mā khalaqnāhumā illā bil-ḥaqi walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna

English We did not create them except in truth, but most of them do not know.

1. مَاmāNot
2. خَلَقْنَـٰهُمَآkhalaqnāhumāWe created both of them
3. إِلَّاillābut
4. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth
5. وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
6. أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahummost of them
7. لَاlā(do) not
8. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَـٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

Transliteration inna yawma l-faṣli mīqātuhum ajmaʿīna

English Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day of Judgment
3. ٱلْفَصْلِl-faṣli(the) Day of Judgment
4. مِيقَـٰتُهُمْmīqātuhum(is) an appointed term for them
5. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًى شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Transliteration yawma lā yugh'nī mawlan ʿan mawlan shayan walā hum yunṣarūna

English The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
2. لَاlānot
3. يُغْنِىyugh'nīwill avail
4. مَوْلًىmawlana relation
5. عَنʿanfor
6. مَّوْلًۭىmawlana relation
7. شَيْـًۭٔاshayananything
8. وَلَاwalāand not
9. هُمْhumthey
10. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

Transliteration illā man raḥima l-lahu innahu huwa l-ʿazīzu l-raḥīmu

English Except those [believers] on whom Allāh has mercy. Indeed, He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

1. إِلَّاillāExcept
2. مَنman(on) whom
3. رَّحِمَraḥimaAllah has mercy
4. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah has mercy
5. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
6. هُوَhuwa[He]
7. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(is) the All-Mighty
8. ٱلرَّحِيمُl-raḥīmuthe Most Merciful

إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ

Transliteration inna shajarata l-zaqūmi

English Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. شَجَرَتَshajarata(the) tree
3. ٱلزَّقُّومِl-zaqūmi(of) Zaqqum

طَعَامُ ٱلْأَثِيمِ

Transliteration ṭaʿāmu l-athīmi

English Is food for the sinful.

1. طَعَامُṭaʿāmu(Will be) food
2. ٱلْأَثِيمِl-athīmi(of) the sinner(s)

كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَغْلِى فِى ٱلْبُطُونِ

Transliteration kal-muh'li yaghlī fī l-buṭūni

English Like murky oil, it boils within bellies

1. كَٱلْمُهْلِkal-muh'liLike the murky oil
2. يَغْلِىyaghlīit will boil
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْبُطُونِl-buṭūnithe bellies

كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Transliteration kaghalyi l-ḥamīmi

English Like the boiling of scalding water.

1. كَغَلْىِkaghalyiLike boiling
2. ٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmi(of) scalding water

خُذُوهُ فَٱعْتِلُوهُ إِلَىٰ سَوَآءِ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration khudhūhu fa-iʿ'tilūhu ilā sawāi l-jaḥīmi

English [It will be commanded], "Seize him and drag him into the midst of the Hellfire,

1. خُذُوهُkhudhūhuSeize him
2. فَٱعْتِلُوهُfa-iʿ'tilūhuand drag him
3. إِلَىٰilāinto
4. سَوَآءِsawāi(the) midst
5. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

ثُمَّ صُبُّوا۟ فَوْقَ رَأْسِهِۦ مِنْ عَذَابِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

Transliteration thumma ṣubbū fawqa rasihi min ʿadhābi l-ḥamīmi

English Then pour over his head from the torment of scalding water."

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. صُبُّوا۟ṣubbūpour
3. فَوْقَfawqaover
4. رَأْسِهِۦrasihihis head
5. مِنْminof
6. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
7. ٱلْحَمِيمِl-ḥamīmi(of) the scalding water

ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

Transliteration dhuq innaka anta l-ʿazīzu l-karīmu

English [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

1. ذُقْdhuqTaste
2. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, you
3. أَنتَanta[you] (were)
4. ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzuthe mighty
5. ٱلْكَرِيمُl-karīmuthe noble

إِنَّ هَـٰذَا مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَمْتَرُونَ

Transliteration inna hādhā mā kuntum bihi tamtarūna

English Indeed, this is what you used to dispute."

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
3. مَاmā(is) what
4. كُنتُمkuntumyou used to
5. بِهِۦbihi[about it]
6. تَمْتَرُونَtamtarūnadoubt

إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى مَقَامٍ أَمِينٍ

Transliteration inna l-mutaqīna fī maqāmin amīnin

English Indeed, the righteous will be in a secure place:

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. ٱلْمُتَّقِينَl-mutaqīnathe righteous
3. فِىfī(will be) in
4. مَقَامٍmaqāmina place
5. أَمِينٍۢamīninsecure

فِى جَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍ

Transliteration fī jannātin waʿuyūnin

English Within gardens and springs,

1. فِىfīIn
2. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
3. وَعُيُونٍۢwaʿuyūninand springs

يَلْبَسُونَ مِن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَ

Transliteration yalbasūna min sundusin wa-is'tabraqin mutaqābilīna

English Wearing [garments of] fine silk and brocade, facing each other.

1. يَلْبَسُونَyalbasūnaWearing garments
2. مِنminof
3. سُندُسٍۢsundusinfine silk
4. وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍۢwa-is'tabraqinand heavy silk
5. مُّتَقَـٰبِلِينَmutaqābilīnafacing each other

كَذَٰلِكَ وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُم بِحُورٍ عِينٍ

Transliteration kadhālika wazawwajnāhum biḥūrin ʿīnin

English Thus. And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.

1. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
2. وَزَوَّجْنَـٰهُمwazawwajnāhumAnd We will marry them
3. بِحُورٍbiḥūrin(to) companions with beautiful eyes
4. عِينٍۢʿīnin(to) companions with beautiful eyes

يَدْعُونَ فِيهَا بِكُلِّ فَـٰكِهَةٍ ءَامِنِينَ

Transliteration yadʿūna fīhā bikulli fākihatin āminīna

English They will call therein for every [kind of] fruit - safe and secure.

1. يَدْعُونَyadʿūnaThey will call
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. بِكُلِّbikullifor every (kind)
4. فَـٰكِهَةٍfākihatin(of) fruit
5. ءَامِنِينَāminīnasecure

لَا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَّا ٱلْمَوْتَةَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Transliteration lā yadhūqūna fīhā l-mawta illā l-mawtata l-ūlā wawaqāhum ʿadhāba l-jaḥīmi

English They will not taste death therein except the first death, and He will have protected them from the punishment of Hellfire

1. لَاlāNot
2. يَذُوقُونَyadhūqūnathey will taste
3. فِيهَاfīhātherein
4. ٱلْمَوْتَl-mawtathe death
5. إِلَّاillāexcept
6. ٱلْمَوْتَةَl-mawtatathe death
7. ٱلْأُولَىٰ ۖl-ūlāthe first
8. وَوَقَىٰهُمْwawaqāhumAnd He will protect them
9. عَذَابَʿadhāba(from the) punishment
10. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmi(of) the Hellfire

فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُوَ ٱلْفَوْزُ ٱلْعَظِيمُ

Transliteration faḍlan min rabbika dhālika huwa l-fawzu l-ʿaẓīmu

English As bounty from your Lord. That is what is the great attainment.

1. فَضْلًۭاfaḍlanA Bounty
2. مِّنminfrom
3. رَّبِّكَ ۚrabbikayour Lord
4. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
5. هُوَhuwait
6. ٱلْفَوْزُl-fawzu(will be) the success
7. ٱلْعَظِيمُl-ʿaẓīmuthe great

فَإِنَّمَا يَسَّرْنَـٰهُ بِلِسَانِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

Transliteration fa-innamā yassarnāhu bilisānika laʿallahum yatadhakkarūna

English And indeed, We have eased it [i.e., the Qur’ān] in your tongue that they might be reminded.

1. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāIndeed
2. يَسَّرْنَـٰهُyassarnāhuWe have made it easy
3. بِلِسَانِكَbilisānikain your tongue
4. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
5. يَتَذَكَّرُونَyatadhakkarūnatake heed

فَٱرْتَقِبْ إِنَّهُم مُّرْتَقِبُونَ

Transliteration fa-ir'taqib innahum mur'taqibūna

English So watch, [O Muḥammad]; indeed, they are watching [for your end].

1. فَٱرْتَقِبْfa-ir'taqibSo watch
2. إِنَّهُمinnahumindeed, they
3. مُّرْتَقِبُونَmur'taqibūna(too are) watching